Speculator: an immodest proposal
Former New York governor Elliot Spitzer always kept abreast of the imagination and invention of the derivatives markets. Some of...
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Regulation Archive
Massive, mysterious and misunderstood: sovereign wealth funds
Move over, hedge funds: sovereign wealth funds (SWFs) are the bigger investors now. Massive, mysterious and possibly misunderstood...
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Disclosure: from the subprime to the ridiculous
IR in the financial sector isn’t a job for the faint-hearted. How many people could withstand the pressure to explain and defend...
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Private equity: welcome to purgatory
Private equity (PE) has entered a ‘purgatory’ age in which ‘we will have to atone for our sins a bit’. So stated industry...
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M&a roundup: intoxicating activity
Mark Burgess, head of active equities at Legal & General, a big institutional investor, rarely talks to the media. In January...
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India’s strings of pearls
Hitting the headlines early this year was Tata Steel’s takeover of Corus for slightly over $10 bn. Hot on the heels of that deal...
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It's a hard act following Greenspan
Remember Alan Greenspan, former Fed chairman, whose every gnomic utterance moved markets? He developed a reputation as a genius, a...
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A risky business
As this is my first column, I thought it best to lay down some ground rules. Please do not approach me for a loan. It is not that...
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Policing pay
Deemed the issue this proxy season in the US by some experts, ‘say on pay’ has taken on a life of its own. Even American Iros who...
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Down in black and white
IROs are at the center of one of the most fundamental issues a company must address: disclosure. What to say, how and when to say...
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